Information about #948979 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #948979 reads as a gently muted orange and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Eighth Mondo (#938A7D). Slightly further away sit Half Stonewall (#938D7B) and Silver Grey (#97867C).
In RGB terms — rgb(148, 137, 121) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 6.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.4:1. #948979 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#948979 color variations
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#948979 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#948979 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#948979 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#948979 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#948979 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #948979 color
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Nearest named colors to #948979
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#938A7D
#938D7B
#97867C
#928874
#948575
#948C7E
#8E877B
#9A8678
#928573
#8F8476
#948771
#988B80
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#948979
- RGB148, 137, 121
- CMYK0, 4, 11, 42
- CSSrgb(148, 137, 121)
- HSL36°, 11%, 53%
- HSL Precise35.556°, 11.203%, 52.745%
- HSV36°, 18%, 58%
- HSB36°, 18%, 58%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.580
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.537
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.475
- GLSLvec3(0.580, 0.537, 0.475)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.580, 0.537, 0.475, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.580, 0.537, 0.475)
- Percentage of Red in RGB58%
- Percentage of Green in RGB53.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB47.5%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID948979
- DECIMAL ID9734521
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers304 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
